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The Winder Planning Board gave a thumbs down to Winder City Councilman David Maynard’s request to reduce the minimum square footage for a home built within the city limits. Citing concerns about the local tax base and continued growth in the Barrow County schools during a time when home values and real estate tax revenues are down, the ...
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The Georgia Department of Banking and Finance took possession of The Peoples Bank, Winder, Friday evening. Through an agreement with the FDIC, The Peoples Bank will be acquired by Community & Southern Bank, Carrollton. It was one of three banks to fail in Georgia this week. The Peoples Bank had total assets of $447.2 million and total ...
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The Barrow County School System will appeal some of its AYP results for the past year. Claire Miller Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction said the system would appeal the ruling for Russell Middle School during the July 27 meeting of the board of education. Miller also noted the retest scores for Bethlehem Elementary School ...
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The Winder City Council is scheduled to vote tonight on a new storm water utility tax that will add at least $30 to this fall’s annual tax bills on residential properties and many times that on non-residential properties owned by businesses, churches, schools and other non-profit groups. A group of local business owners came to the ...
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An Atlanta-based developer plans to build a shopping center on just under 15 acres of land at the Ga. 11/53 split in Winder and will appear before the city’s planning board at its meeting Tuesday with a rezone request for the property. According to a preliminary site plan shared with City Council’s planning, economic and development ...
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A bill that would move authority and responsibility for Career, Technical and Agriculture Education courses from public schools to the Technical College System of Georgia has been withdrawn in the state legislature. Rep. Terry England, R-Auburn, said he withdrew the bill Feb. 8. The bill, and England, were criticized at the Barrow County Board ...
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A site of frequent weekend rodeo events near the Barrow-Walton county line will no longer be allowed to host such events following a decision by the Barrow County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday. Following the recommendation of county staff and the planning commission, the board voted unanimously to deny a special-use request by Anahi Oviedo ...
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A proposal to hire a construction manager for a new high school in Barrow County was derailed briefly Tuesday over a proposal in the state legislature that would give the technical college system control of the Career, Technical and Agricultural programs now in public schools. Lynn Stevens, the board’s vice chair, raised the topic, which ...
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At its meeting on Tuesday, Winder City Council approved an easement agreement with Barrow County, helping clear the way for work to begin on the third and final phase of the joint Cedar Creek Sewer Line Project between the county and city. Work on the final phase of the project, also known as the Auburn Sewer Line Project, will include the ...
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Auburn City Council on Thursday voted to appoint Alex Mitchem as the new city administrator, effective Feb. 1. Mitchem, who had been the city’s community development director, replaces Ron Griffith, who is retiring. His salary will be $73,611. He has been with the city for nearly three years, beginning first as a city planner and then being ...
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